Man suffers injuries after 40-foot fall from tree on Doral Drive in Godfrey

Updated 3:43 pm, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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Flight nurses from Survival Flight medical helicopter, based at Jersey Community Hospital, work with Godfrey firefighters and LifeStar Ambulance paramedics Wednesday to load a 53-year-old man into the helicopter for a flight to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. The man, who apparently worked for Elite Tree Service in Godfrey, was reported to have fallen 30 or 40 feet from a tree in the 3000 block of Doral Drive in Godfrey and was taken to the grassy lot of the nearby Alton-Wood River Sportsmen’s Club to be airlifted to St. Louis. He was reported to have suffered an arm injury and was complaining of back pain after the fall.

Man suffers injuries after 40-foot fall from tree on Doral Drive in Godfrey

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GODFREY — An 53-year-old man was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital Wednesday after he fell roughly 30 to 40 feet while trimming a tree on Doral Drive in Godfrey.

The man suffered an arm injury and possible internal injuries, according to Godfrey Fire Protection District firefighter John Wilson, after falling from the tree in the 3000 block of Doral Drive, Godfrey. Two Godfrey rescue units responded to the scene at approximately 10:45 a.m., Wilson said.

A Survival Flight medical helicopter was called, landing at nearby Alton-Wood River Sportsmen’s Club on Godfrey Road. LifeStar Ambulance Service transported the man to the Sportsmen’s Club. The man was then airlifted to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

The man’s identity wasn’t known early Wednesday, but a truck from Godfrey-based Elite Tree Service was parked outside the house where the fall occurred. An Elite Tree Service representative declined comment on the individual’s identity or condition.